Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026, by type, with their links. Mitsukane has no entry of his own in Wikipedia, neither in Japanese nor in English.

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Sources

Studies

  1. Markus Sesko, KANTEI 4, Yamashiro 22, Rai School 8 (12 April 2016)

Museums and official databases

  1. Database of designated properties: 短刀〈銘光包〉 (tantō mei Mitsukane), Tokyo National Museum
  2. Database of designated properties: 短刀〈銘光包〉 (tantō mei Mitsukane), Fukuyama Museum of Art
  3. Bunka Isan Online: 短刀〈銘光包〉 (tantō mei Mitsukane), Tokyo National Museum
  4. Bunka Isan Online: 短刀〈銘光包〉 (tantō mei Mitsukane), Fukuyama Museum of Art
  5. ColBase: 短刀 銘光包 (tantō mei Mitsukane), Tokyo National Museum, F-19993
  6. e-Museum: Knife signed Mitsukane, Tokyo National Museum

Encyclopaedias

  1. Japanese Wikipedia: 来派 (Rai-ha)
  2. Japanese Wikipedia: 刀剣の業物一覧 (tōken no wazamono ichiran)

Image credits

  1. Tantō signed 光包 (Mitsukane), from the Echizen-Matsudaira; Important Cultural Property. Tokyo National Museum. (tanto-tnm-1.jpg)

    Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase. Licence: ColBase terms of use. Image reduced.
  2. The same tantō, from the other side. (tanto-tnm-2.jpg)

    Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase. Licence: ColBase terms of use. Image reduced.